The Glass Castle Rex Walls Character Analysis
In the Glass Castle Rex Walls has a big heart, but he does not know how to show it. He changed as he learned what he should not do and what is correct to do. He helps with making everything fit together. He is most of the reason why things happen. In the Glass Castle Rex starts out a selfish person but in the end is more considerate to his family.
In the beginning Rex Walls is not the best person someone would know. Like when Jeanette had been burned and had to be rushed to the hospital so they could help her. “Dad hurried down the hall with me in his arms. A nurse yelled for us to stop…” (Walls 14) This shows that Rex was only thinking of what he wanted and not of Jeannette’s health. He had been careless and had not thought of all the things …show more content…
He becomes more caring. When the family is leaving Rose Mary’s house and were moving to Welch Rex refuses to go. They had to ask multiple times. But finally he had gave in to their plead. “... lopped over to the car, and told mom to move aside- he was driving.” (Walls 125). This shows that Rex had thought of his children and how they would be if they went without him. He might have not went without them asking multiple times but he did go. It just took him longer to think about what would happen. What would happen if they had been hurt or if his did not want them there.
In the end of the book he has become more considerate and thinks of how things could turn out. One example is when Rex asks Jeannette to bring him some whiskey when she visits him and Rose Mary at, the Lower East Side, there house. He is talking and Jeannet tries the whiskey and says she understands how it is addicting. “‘Don’t let it,’ Dad said.” (Walls 278). He recognized that he knew that it was bad to drink. So he does not want her to become addicted to alcohol. It shows that he can consider other people. It just took him longer to realize that.
In the Glass Castle Rex starts out as a selfish person but in the end is more considerate of his family. He realizes that not everything he does is for the best. He went from not being the best person to someone that was considerate and caring. He always had a big heart just never knew how to use
In the beginning Rex Walls is not the best person someone would know. Like when Jeanette had been burned and had to be rushed to the hospital so they could help her. “Dad hurried down the hall with me in his arms. A nurse yelled for us to stop…” (Walls 14) This shows that Rex was only thinking of what he wanted and not of Jeannette’s health. He had been careless and had not thought of all the things …show more content…
He becomes more caring. When the family is leaving Rose Mary’s house and were moving to Welch Rex refuses to go. They had to ask multiple times. But finally he had gave in to their plead. “... lopped over to the car, and told mom to move aside- he was driving.” (Walls 125). This shows that Rex had thought of his children and how they would be if they went without him. He might have not went without them asking multiple times but he did go. It just took him longer to think about what would happen. What would happen if they had been hurt or if his did not want them there.
In the end of the book he has become more considerate and thinks of how things could turn out. One example is when Rex asks Jeannette to bring him some whiskey when she visits him and Rose Mary at, the Lower East Side, there house. He is talking and Jeannet tries the whiskey and says she understands how it is addicting. “‘Don’t let it,’ Dad said.” (Walls 278). He recognized that he knew that it was bad to drink. So he does not want her to become addicted to alcohol. It shows that he can consider other people. It just took him longer to realize that.
In the Glass Castle Rex starts out as a selfish person but in the end is more considerate of his family. He realizes that not everything he does is for the best. He went from not being the best person to someone that was considerate and caring. He always had a big heart just never knew how to use